CLEVELAND, Ohio - Although the eight-county Cleveland-Akron metro area lost an estimated 54,000 people from 2000 through 2009, it is still the largest metro area in Ohio, and the 16th largest nationally.

Here are the biggest combined metropolitan areas in Ohio, along with their national ranks and populations.

16: Cleveland/Akron/Elyria, 2,891,988

21: Cincinnati/Middletown/Wilmongton (Ohio, Ky. and Ind.), 2,214,954

24: Columbus/Marion-Chillicothe, 2,031,229

41: Dayton/Springfield/Greenville, 1,066,261

50: Toledo/Fremont, 732,291

54: Youngstown-Warren-East Liverpool (Ohio and Pa.), 670,685

100: Lima/Van Wert/Wapakoneta, 179,552

Note: Counties in the Cleveland-Akron-Elyria area are Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage and Summit.

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